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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.

There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

Myths , creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.

Often undecided whether to desert a sinking ship for one that might not float, he would make up his mind to sit on the wharf for a day.